October 17 – 20, 2016
IP Casino & Resort
850 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, Mississippi
Agenda and Summary Documents
- Committee Roster 2015 – 2016 (Tab A, No. 2a)
- Committees & Council Agenda
- Meeting Minutes from August Council
- Action Schedule
- Meeting Dates
Full Council Session
Monday, October 17, 2016
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Review and Adoption of Proposed 2016-2017 Council Committee Roster (Tab A, No. 2b) – Leann Bosarge, Chair
Committee Sessions
Monday, October 17, 2016
9:00 am – 12:00 am: Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Greg Stunz, Chair
- Download all of Tab F
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab F, No. 1) – Stunz
- Approval of Minutes (Tab F, No. 2) – Stunz
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab F, No. 3) – Froeschke
- Presentation on NFWF For-Hire Pilot Program (Tab F, No. 4) – Gill
- For-Hire Reporting Requirements
- Technical Committee Review and Recommendations (Tab F, No. 5a) – Froeschke
- Modifications to Generic Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements (Tab F, No. 5b) – Froeschke
- Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter For-Hire AP Comments (Tab B, No. 10b) – Simmons
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Froeschke
- Summary of Public Comments (Tab F, No. 5d) – Froeschke
- LEC Summary of Public Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Simmons
- Cost Analysis and Reporting Requirements of Commercial Electronic Reporting Program (Tab F, No. 6) – SEFSC
- Other Business – Stunz
– Lunch Recess –
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Shrimp Committee (Tab D) – Leann Bosarge, Chair
- Download all of Tab D
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab D, No. 1) – Bosarge
- Approval of Minutes (Tab D, No. 2) – Bosarge
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab D, No. 3) – Kilgour
- October 2016 Shrimp Committee Meeting Brief (Tab D, No. 4)
- Update on NMFS Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Rule (Tab D, Nos. 4a and 4b) – SERO Staff
- Risk Assessment for Threshold Permit Numbers Relative to Sea Turtle Incidental Take Constraints (Tab D, Nos. 5a and 5b) – NMFS Staff
- SSC Report (Tab B, No. 12a) and Verbatim Minutes (Tab B, No. 12b) – SSC Representative
- Revised Options Paper for Shrimp Amendment 17B (Tab D, No. 7) – Kilgour
- Other Business: Supplement 1 & Supplement 2 – Bosarge
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Administrative/Budget Committee (Tab G) – Leann Bosarge, Chair
- Download all of Tab G
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab G, No. 1) – Bosarge
- Approval of Minutes (Tab G, No. 2) – Bosarge
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab G, No. 3) – Gregory
- Review of State, Council, and NMFS Annual Leave Policies (Tab G, No. 4a & 4b) – Gregory
- Review of Council Staff Bonuses (Tab G, No. 5) – Gregory
- Other Business – Bosarge
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Mackerel Committee (Tab C) – Pamella Dana, Chair
- Download all of Tab C
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab C, No. 1) – Dana
- Approval of Minutes (Tab C, No. 2) – Dana
- Action Guides and Next Steps (Tab C, No. 3) – Dana
- Public Hearing Draft: CMP Amendment 29: Allocation Sharing and Accountability Measures for Gulf King Mackerel (Tab C, No. 4) – Rindone
- Review of Public Hearing Locations – Rindone
- Final Draft: CMP Framework Amendment 5: Modifications to Pelagic Commercial Permit Restrictions in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic (Tab C, No. 5) – Rindone
- Review of Codified Text (Tab C, No. 5a) – Rindone
- Public Comments Received (Tab C, No. 5b) – Rindone
- Final Draft: CMP Amendment 30: Atlantic Cobia Recreational Fishing Year (Tab C, No. 6) – Rindone
- Review of Codified Text (Tab C, No. 6a) – Rindone
- Public Comments Received (Tab C, No. 6b) – Rindone
- Review of SSC Discussion of Updated Gulf King Mackerel Projections – Powers
- Other Business – Dana
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm: Full Council Closed Session
– Recess –
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am
8:00 am – 12:00 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair
- Download all of Tab B
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab B, No. 1) – Greene
- Adoption of Minutes (Tab B, No. 2) – Greene
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab B, No. 3) – Atran
- Review of Proposed Regulations on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Tab B, No. 4) – Kilgour
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
- SEDAR 47 Goliath Grouper Benchmark Assessment (Tab B, No. 5b)
- Summary of Assessment and Summary Assessment with Notes (Tab B, No. 5a) – O’Hop (FWRI)
- SSC Report (Tab B, No. 12a) and Verbatim Minutes (Tab B, No. 12b)
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13)
- Draft Framework Action – Mutton Snapper ACL and Managment Measures and Gag Commercial Size Limit
- Review of Draft Framework Action (Tab B, No. 6) – Froeschke
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
- Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
- Draft Amendment 42 – Reef Fish Management for Headboat Survey Vessels – Diagne
- Draft Amendment 42 (Tab B, No. 7a)
- Final Action – Referendum Eligibility Requirements (Tab B, No. 7b)
- 2016 Red Snapper For-Hire Landings Relative to ACT (Tab B, No. 8) – Diaz
– Lunch Recess –
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee Continued (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair
- Draft Amendment 46 – Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 9a) – Simmons
- Commercial (Tab B, No. 9b) and Recreational (Tab B, No. 9c) Decision Tools
- SSC Comments on Commercial and Recreational Decision Tools (Tab B, No. 12a) -SSC Representative
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
- Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
- Selection of Public Hearing Locations – Greene
- Draft Amendment 41 – Red Snapper Management for Federally Permitted Charter Vessels
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 10a) – Lasseter
- Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter AP Comments (Tab B, No. 10b) – Freeman
– Recess –
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am
8:00 am – 9:30 am: Reef Fish Committee continued (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair
- Draft Amendment 36A – Modifications to Commercial IFQ Programs
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 11) – Lasseter
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
- Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
- Standing and Reef Fish SSC Summary (for items not discussed elsewhere on agenda) (Tab B, No. 12a) – SSC Representative
- Discussion on Limit and Target Reference Points and MSY Proxies for Reef Fish
- Review of ABC Control Rule Alternatives
- Other Business
- Reef Fish AP Summary (for items not discussed elsewhere on agenda) (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
- Discussion of Carryover of Underharvested Red Snapper ACL to the Following Season
- Recreational and Commercial Allocation Exchange
- Other Business
- Other Business – Greene
9:30 am – 10:45 am: Joint Coral/Habitat Committee (Tab N) – Dale Diaz, Chair
- Download all of Tab N
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab N, No. 1) – Diaz
- Approval of Minutes (Tab N, No. 2) – Diaz
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab N, No. 3) – Kilgour/Froeschke
- Final Draft of 5-year EFH Review (Tab N, No. 4) – Roberts/Froeschke
- Scoping Draft for Coral HAPC Amendment 7 (Tab N, No. 5) -Kilgour
- Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13)
- Other Business – Chair
– Break –
11:00 am – 11:30 am: Law Enforcement Committee (Tab L) – Doug Boyd, Chair
- Download all of Tab L
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab L, No. 1)– Boyd
- Approval of Minutes (Tab L, No. 2) – Boyd
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab L, No. 3) – Atran
- Review and Approval of Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Law Enforcement Operations and Strategic Plans – S. VanderKooy (GSMFC)
- Operations Plan (Tab L, No. 4a)
- Strategic Plan (Tab L, No. 4b)
- Summary of Law Enforcement Technical Committee (Tab L, No. 5)
- Other Business – Boyd
– Recess –
Council Session
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
- 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm: Call to Order, Announcements, and Introductions – Bosarge
- 1:05 pm – 1:10 pm: Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes (Tab A, No. 3 & 4) – Bosarge
- 1:10 pm – 1:15 pm: Review Exempted Fishing Permit (EFPs) Applications (if any) (Tab S) – Crabtree/Bosarge
- 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Presentations
- Draft Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Amendments 5b and 10 (Tab A, No. 7) – Dubeck/Cudney
- Climate Vulnerability Analysis for Gulf Managed Stocks (Tab A, No. 8) – SEFSC
- Mississippi Law Enforcement Presentation (Tab A, No. 9) – Pittman
- NMFS-SERO – Landing Summaries (Tab A, No. 10) – Gerhart
– 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Break –
- 2:45 pm – 5:30 pm: Public Comment – Bosarge
- Final Action on Framework Amendment 5: To Remove the Prohibition on Retaining the Recreational King Mackerel Bag Limit with Commercial King Mackerel Permit
- Final Action on Referendum Requirements for Reef Fish Amendment 42: Reef Fish Management for Headboat Survey Vessels
- Proposed Fishing Regulations on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
- Final Action on CMP Amendment 30: Atlantic Cobia Recreational Fishing Year
- Open Testimony on any Other Fishery Issues or Concerns
– Recess –
Thursday, October 20, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am
- 8:00 am – 12:00 pm: Committee Reports
- Data Collection (Tab F) – Stunz
- Mackerel (Tab C) – Dana
- Shrimp (Tab D) – Bosarge
- Administrative/Budget (Tab G) – Bosarge
- Closed Session Report: Ad Hoc Private Recreational Angler AP Membership and Discuss the Charge of the AP (Tab T) – Bosarge
- Law Enforcement (Tab L) – Boyd
- Reef Fish (Tab B) – Greene
– Recess –
- 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Committee Reports continued
- Joint Coral/Habitat Protection (Tab N) – Diaz
- 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Vote on Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Applications, if any (Tab S) – Bosarge
- 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Supporting Agencies Summary Reports – Bosarge
- South Atlantic Council Liaison
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Department of State
- 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Other Business – Bosarge
– Adjourn –